Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan have discovered how mutations related to a group of movement disorders produce their effects. Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the ...
Nov 12, 2018
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Research from the University of Toronto has shown that in some neurodegenerative diseases, two hallmarks of cell aging – protein aggregation and a type of DNA instability – are linked. They were previously thought to ...
Nov 21, 2018
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A genomic architectural discovery made deep inside neurons of the brain's movement control center reveals how DNA packaging may contribute to neurodegenerative diseases. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists led ...
Dec 15, 2021
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In recent years, research has shown that cancerous cells have a different metabolism—essential chemical and nutritional changes needed for supporting the unlimited growth observed in cancer—than normal cells. Now, scientists ...
Apr 30, 2015
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Scientists have found whole genome sequencing (WGS) can quickly and accurately detect the most common inherited neurological disorders—something previously thought to be impossible—with the results supporting the use ...
Feb 17, 2022
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A WA study of an isolated population of Eastern European Gypsies known as "Bowlmakers" has unlocked clues about a serious developmental disease - congenital cerebellar ataxia.
Aug 17, 2012
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A clinical trial conducted by Prof. Alexandra Durr's team (Sorbonne University.AP-HP) at the Paris Brain Institute and the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital AP-HP shows that despite the hopes raised in recent years, riluzole ...
Jan 19, 2022
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A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers has discovered that extracts from plants used by the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations peoples in their traditional botanical medicine practices are able to rescue the ...
Jun 21, 2023
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Electrical stimulation of the brain and spinal cord may help treat the symptoms of rare movement disorders called neurodegenerative ataxias, according to a study published in the August 22, 2018, online issue of Neurology, ...
Aug 22, 2018
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In children and adults with Friedrich's ataxia, an inherited disease that causes damage to the nervous system, a loss of coordination typically progresses to muscle weakness and can involve vision, diabetes, and other problems ...
Dec 20, 2017
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